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' UNirnD STATES JOI-IN E. MURPHY, OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA, ASSIGNOROF ONE- I-IALF 'IO MORLAND R. GARDNER, OF SAME PLACE.

PEN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,789, datedSeptember 15, 1896.

Application filed June l2, 1896. Serial No. 595,275. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. MURPHY, a resident of North Manchester, inthe county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have 'mvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art t-o which it pertains to make anduse the same.

The invention relates to penholders, and has for its object to provide alight holder with a pen permanently Xed therein and to make the articlecheaply, so that the preservation of the holder after the pen becomesworthless shall be unimportant; and the invention consists in theconstruction hereinafter described and particularly pointed out.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure lis a longitudinal section of aunited holder and pen on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 is a section on line2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a partly-completed article.Fig. t is a blank for makinga penholder such as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a plan of a modified pen.

In making the penholder a suitable blank of any convenient form isclosely7 rolled or folded to form a tube or the like. The paper, by myimproved method, is first covered or partly covered on one or both sideswith glue, paste, cement, or any suitable adhesive, and is rolled whilethe adhesive is moist, so that when the tube is dried its several foldsor layers are cemented rmly together and the tube is sufliciently stifffor use as a holder and is prevented from unrolling.

Numeral l denotes the paper folds or layers of a tube thus formed, and 2indicates an outer sleeve.

3 denotes a pen, which is placed in position after the tube is partiallyformed, (see Fig. 3,) so that the end of said incomplete tube rests inthe hollow of the concavo-conveX body of the pen, and so that bycontinued rolling of additional paper upon the pen it is embedded in thecompleted holder, and the whole being dried the pen is immovably heldtherein. Obviously the method is applicable to any of the known forms ofpens. It

is intended that the holder and pen shall be thrown away when the latteris worn out,

though if the pen be very durable or exceptionally valuable and theholder becomes broken or soiled it can be removed by a knife orotherwise and a fresh holder of the same or of any desired kind can besubstituted.

By employing a blank of substantially the form shown in Fig. 4; androlling up, beginning at one of the sides adjacent the right angle, theholder made as set forth will 6o have a tapered form, as indicated inFig. 2.

It is practicable to make the inner part of the holder either tapered orotherwise, and then suitably place the pen thereon and wind about itsbody andthe contiguous end of the tube separate strips of paper, allparts being cemented together and dried, as set forth, to incorporatethe pen in the holder.

A pen fixed by an adhesive in a single tube made of paper folds,cemented, as stated, is 7c held securely and cannot become detached byuse, nor can it be separated by any means that does not destroy eitherthe holder or the pen or both.

Penholders made of two cencentric tubes having a pen-receiving spacebetween them, whereby the pen is made insert-able and removable, areoomparativel y expensive. They also hold the pen insecurely,particularly if the holder be not specially adapted to the 8o particularstyle of pen employed. It is characteristic of my improvement that thepen, adhesive, and paper are compacted and combined in one adherent bodyin the making of the holder.

Obviously special forms of pens having projections or shankssubstantially such as indicated in Fig. 5 can be used in making mycombined pen and penholder, but such special forms of pens are notpreferred and are 9o deemed comparatively unimportant.

Although the improvementhas been illustrated as applied to a tubularpenholder, the gist of the improvement consists neither in a tubular norin a cylindrical form, but in the folding of paper having appliedthereto an adhesive in any form suitable for a penholder an d simultaneously incorporating or embodying therein a pen, the whole beingcemented and dried compactly in one inseparable ar- Ioo ticle.

I am aware that tubes made by winding paper coated with an adhesive havebeen proposed and that spiral springs adapted to receive pens have beencombined with tubular holders. The latter construction is too eX-pensive and too insecure for the purposes of my invention, and,furthermore, the metal parts are very liable to rust. rlhe paper tubesthat have been suggested as penholders would require an extra attachmentto hold the pen. By my improvement any pen can be incorporated securelyand very economically with the holder. The holder is fitted to the penrather than the pen to the holder, since the paper, softened by anadhesive, readily adapts itself to any pen. Not only is this advantagesecurd by the construction herein described and claimed, but all dangerof a misfit is avoided and also all liability to the rusting of the penin its socket in the holder, and the manufacture is so cheapened that aclean holder is provided as often as a newr pen is required withoutappreciable cost.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a combined pen andpenholder, having' the pen and holder permanently fixed together, aholder made of layers of paper cemented together and a pen having' itsshank cemented between the cemented layers, said paper layers beine,1compacted upon and fitting the pen-shank, substantially as described.

2. In a combined pen and penholder, having the pen and holderpermanently fixed together, a holder made of layers of paper cementedtogether and a pen having` its shank cemented between the cementedlayers, said paper layers being compacted upon and fitting the pen-shank, and a sleeve secured upon the end of the holder adjacent thepen-shank, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing` Witnesses.

JOHN E. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

A. S. HALE, OLIVER H. BoGUE.

